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ELF and super-diversity: a case study of ELF multilingual practices from a business context
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This paper explored the link between English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and super-diversity in the multilingual business context of a small IT company, where English is used as a lingua franca and various linguistic resources play an important role in the company practices.Abstract:
This article explores the link between English as a Lingua Franca (ELF) and super-diversity in the multilingual business context of a small IT company, where English is used as a lingua franca and various linguistic resources play an important role in the company practices. The aim of the study is to examine the practices, orientations to and use of ELF and multilingual resources within an ethnographically-oriented approach, with data collected through observations, interviews, focus groups and recordings of naturally-occurring interactions. The findings show that the company's practices are highly multilingual, whereby ‘languaging’ is a common and positively valued phenomenon. Results also show that ELF is highly collaborative, both in spoken and written communication, and the staff's sociolinguistic repertoire is sensitive to the interlocutors' communicative resources.read more
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Repositioning English and multilingualism in English as a Lingua Franca
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Non-conformity to ENL norms: a perspective from Chinese English users
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Translanguaging pedagogies and English as a lingua franca
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Super-diversity and its implications
TL;DR: The super-diversity in Britain this article is defined by a dynamic interplay of variables among an increased number of new, small and scattered, multiple-origin, transnationally connected, socio-economically...
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Translanguaging in the Bilingual Classroom: A Pedagogy for Learning and Teaching?.
Angela Creese,Adrian Blackledge +1 more
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Crossing: Language and Ethnicity among Adolescents
Reyes I. Fidalgo,Ben Rampton +1 more
Language and superdiversity
TL;DR: Arnaut et al. as mentioned in this paper discuss super-diversity in the context of a translingual ontology and discuss the role of sociolinguistic shibboleths at the institutional gate.